Still getting used to the new look of the forum. Gone are the decorative borders and the colours have changed to blues and greys. But everything seems to be arranged and functioning just as before. It's a bit lonely on here at the moment, there are always guests reading, but few members pop by. Maybe still in winter hibernation?
I guess we are all at the planning stages (except for Templeton down under). Same here, so many pea crosses to follow through to a new, more stable generation this year. Still hoping for that perfect red mangetout or snap, but happy to take good other features too, like the mangetout with many sideshoots that kept producing and producing last year, when others had long turned to crispy straw. Hoping that the tricoloured mangetout 'Emma' will continue with this novel colour trait. And new potatoes (Snookie and HotDog siblings) to try as well as tps from seeds. A couple of experiments to follow up. I really hope to grow a good quantity of Mennonite Stripe beans this year too, these extra long, extra thick, massive, light green, purple striped beans that are so good and fill a pot in no time. My seed donor grows them for seeds only, but they make spectacular green beans too.
Has anybody seen anything new and exciting in the seed catalogues? Not too sure about the aubergines grafted on potato rootstock for a double crop. Does that rootstock really make aubergine growing easier in the UK? What are the plans for this growing year? Has anybody started dusting down their propagator? Plans for breeding? Call me nosy, but I would love to read about your plans
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I guess we are all at the planning stages (except for Templeton down under). Same here, so many pea crosses to follow through to a new, more stable generation this year. Still hoping for that perfect red mangetout or snap, but happy to take good other features too, like the mangetout with many sideshoots that kept producing and producing last year, when others had long turned to crispy straw. Hoping that the tricoloured mangetout 'Emma' will continue with this novel colour trait. And new potatoes (Snookie and HotDog siblings) to try as well as tps from seeds. A couple of experiments to follow up. I really hope to grow a good quantity of Mennonite Stripe beans this year too, these extra long, extra thick, massive, light green, purple striped beans that are so good and fill a pot in no time. My seed donor grows them for seeds only, but they make spectacular green beans too.
Has anybody seen anything new and exciting in the seed catalogues? Not too sure about the aubergines grafted on potato rootstock for a double crop. Does that rootstock really make aubergine growing easier in the UK? What are the plans for this growing year? Has anybody started dusting down their propagator? Plans for breeding? Call me nosy, but I would love to read about your plans

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